Thursday, May 22, 2008

Video DescriptionAn outtake buried in FFVII. Accessible via the 3 o'clock debug room, *only* if you haven't reached Sector Seven yet (or have used the 'reset flag' button). Talk to Barret and select 'Materia'. In the English version of the game, this scene has blank text boxes.

Tifa:Hey, don't scare us like that!

Barrett:I heard from Tifa... if you really want to participate that much, help us out with the next operation.

*Cloud brings out the materia*

Tifa:Wow, pretty! This is materia?

Cloud: Yeah. It draws an unknown power from humans.

Tifa: Why can we use this unknown power?

*Cloud shrugs*

Cloud:Why? ... I heard the answer before but I've forgotten. The only important thing is knowing how to use it.

Video DescriptionAn outtake buried in FFVII. Accessible in the 3 o'clock debug room by talking to the train guard and selecting 'Cargo', but *only* if you've played through Seventh Heaven first. [The] English translation has 'It's not ready yet'; given that we don't know what purpose this scene would have served, goodness knows what it was meant to be about. (There's a piece of unused text in the data files: 'Shut off the switch in this position.' Umm...)

Video DescriptionAn outtake buried in FFVII. Accessible via the 3 o'clock debug room, *only* if you haven't reached Sector Seven yet (or have used the 'reset flag' button). Talk to Barret and select 'Materia'. Watch the outtake that comes up, then play until you can walk outside. This is an alternative version of the scene before the 'promise' flashback. In the English version of the game, this scene has blank text boxes.

Video DescriptionThese screens are from the FFVII demo disc shipped with Tobal No.1 (Japanese version): many thanks to NexuzJannis for finding a copy of the demo. To help explain the controller functions Cloud and Barret can be controlled to a limited extent: